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Borders League #2 – West Cheshire

The 2nd race of the weekend, was also the 2nd outing in this years Borders League. A whopping 431 runners took part on what was a very cold and blustery Autumnal morning, This was a new Borders League record, with the previous one from last season being beaten by 61.

This time hosted by West Cheshire which this year, not only a saw new venue and course but also a new starting time of 10am. The course was the exact same one used for the Chester Spring 5 race (also hosted by West Cheshire), it is a measured 5 miles starting on the road outside the County Officers Cricket Club in Upton, before heading to both Mickle Trafford and Picton, before ending on the field back at the Cricket Club.

There was an epic turnout from Buckley, with 43 runners turning up, this again another record. This was mostly in part to a number of new members turning out for their very first Club race, on top of other new members turning up too. So well done to Elliot Cox, John Taylor, Chris Owen, Pete Gray, Sarah Hale, Michael Threlfall and Kirsty Johnson.

Hopes were high as we have had an influx very good runners and if everything went well on the day, Buckley could find themselves in a good position. I am glad to say that they did not disappoint with three runners from Buckley finishing in the Top10. The results are as follows:

Rank

Rank M

Rank F

Name

Time

Category

Category Rank

6

6

Przemyslaw TOMCZAK

27:16:00

SM

4

9

9

Elliot COX

27:53:00

SM

7

10

10

Jez BROWN

27:56:00

MV40

2

25

25

John PRITCHARD TAYLOR

28:43:00

MV45

4

27

27

Chris MYLES

28:48:00

SM

15

37

37

Phillip PUMFORD

29:23:00

SM

19

40

40

Chris CALLAGHAN

29:29:00

SM

21

49

49

David WHITE

29:47:00

SM

25

59

59

Simon EDWARDS

30:13:00

MV45

8

67

66

Eddie DAVIES

30:24:00

MV45

10

86

82

Chris OWEN

31:09:00

SM

41

92

88

Rob MAHONEY

31:21:00

SM

44

106

100

Peter GRAY

31:48:00

SM

49

130

123

Matt HOLT

32:47:00

SM

60

134

8

Sam DUTTON

32:54:00

FV35

5

137

128

Ian BAYLISS

32:58:00

MV55

4

142

132

Karl WILLIAMS

33:10:00

MV45

25

168

151

Chris REID

34:02:00

SM

65

170

153

Ian HOGG

34:05:00

MV45

29

181

162

Steve BELLIS

34:24:00

MV60

8

184

165

Mike AUSTIN

34:26:00

MV40

31

185

166

Gareth HOUGHTON

34:28:00

MV40

32

199

24

Ceri COOK

35:03:00

FV45

2

202

25

Hazel BERRETT

35:08:00

FV50

1

211

185

Paul DONOGHUE

35:19:00

MV45

34

222

194

Dave WOOTTON

35:39:00

MV50

16

224

196

Les COATHUP

35:43:00

MV60

10

239

208

Tim HARGREAVES

36:15:00

MV45

39

245

34

Sarah Charlotte HALE

36:33:00

SF

6

270

229

Michael THRELFALL

37:29:00

SM

81

281

47

Margaret LUDDEN

37:50:00

FV50

4

285

238

John POYNTON

38:00:00

MV50

23

296

245

Chris HIGGINS

38:23:00

MV60

15

297

52

Amanda MOUNTFORD

38:24:00

SF

10

302

53

Jane LINDLEY

38:32:00

FV50

6

332

67

Lisa MACPHERSON

39:38:00

SF

13

340

70

Fenella HIGGINS

39:59:00

FV45

10

342

72

Kirsty JOHNSON

40:01:00

SF

15

344

271

John MORRIS

40:09:00

MV70

1

351

276

Marcus REID

40:39:00

MV50

30

404

290

Rob MACKEY

45:36:00

MV65

6

406

115

Sue RIDINGS

45:44:00

FV55

6

425

296

Jack THOMAS

51:17:00

MV70

4

So Buckley came first as a team on the day, with the first 10 counters being in the top 70. Even better still, after two races, Buckley are leading the table.

The next race is on Sunday 4th December at 11am. Hosted by Birkenhead AC and consists of four laps of Birkenhead Park.